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"apathetically" poems
Steam rises from the blocks of industry beyond the immediate trees; a thin white veil cloaking the city like a bedsheet. And you waking, displacing your head about apathetically trying to light a smoke with sunlight - this linear love on a tangent, golden, some ornament. Everything up then falling each morning, with light tethered to the ceiling while you lay still dazed from dreaming, the day breaks unassuming.
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Nov 4, 2016
Nov 4, 2016 at 10:46 AM UTC
Alva Street
The mirror stained with our memories, pictures I am not in many of them I count; four pictures, we look happy The bleeding sky was the only thing that gave  us release Like the winter would fill our bones and cigarette smoke would ignite the fire in our eyes that had long since burned out we lay on that floor on the balcony till dawn talking about how we will never be good enough and life is pointless I show her my scars apathetically nothing effects me anymore My bubble cant be burst surrounded by static scream want to scream
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Aug 4, 2012
Aug 4, 2012 at 11:35 PM UTC
Id rather ******** your mom using a cheese wrapper as a ****** while tickling her armpits with pickles than **** you.
Apathetically Beautifully Callous Distant Elegy Frees Gradual Hesitation Insecurity Justifiably Killing Love Momentum Nullifying Optimistic Peacefulness Quietly Relinquishing Shared Togetherness Unhappiness Virtually Wills Xeroxing Yourself Zymotically © Christopher Chronister. All rights reserved
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Dec 18, 2013
Dec 18, 2013 at 4:01 AM UTC
"Alphabetic Assessment of Separation"
delicately, our dragonfly conversations dance in Japanese gardens, where jewelled concrete pagoda’s stand stilted, like timeless geometries, in greening water then wind rustles timidly through creek beds and pebbled leaves; bells ring like wine glasses at a dinner table and we feel our arm hairs stand on tiptoes, pricked up to weary voices (chanting monks, those that sit in circles monkishly chant, in unison “there are three meanings of loneliness”) here, chanting also, we find ourselves again not alone enchanted in the fragmented daylight. but then again, I turn, apathetically, and declare “let us rest in the immense imagery of our imagination for it is easier to sleep, as rain creeps closer to our doorstep, than to ***** barricades, levies and trenches around our house” Oh, but the way the light reflects upon the Japanese trees is so splendidly delicate, and our delicate conversations feel all so perfect… so now please, time, lose me in your whisper.
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Jan 28, 2013
Jan 28, 2013 at 3:28 AM UTC
Delicate thoughts of Japanese Gardens
Some days, I wake up flighty and itchy. 
Crawling out of my skin and jumping at every last inhale and exhale. 
 Crying at every last brush of my fingers on my scars.
 Whimpering at having to be surrounded by a writhing mass of people.

 These are the days when I’m most reminded of you.
 Reminded of how you used to love me.
 Reminded of how you used to hold me.
 Reminded that you don’t care about me anymore.

 These are the days when I wish I could still talk to you.
 That you would still care about what I had to say. 
I would probably ask you to hand me a scalpel and some scissors and the rubbing alcohol,
 because I need to cut you and your scar tissue permanently away from my heart. 
 And even on these days I remember that you would have looked at me in anger and pity for saying such things (i.e. self-harm) 

But these are also the days when I want to cut all of my emotions out.
 Slice them away from my veins word by word.
 Watch apathetically as I bleed the letters out.
 All of these words and letters we have assigned to emotions, to try to describe the uncontrollable reactions we have in life.
 Anger, Betrayal, Compassion, Exhaustion, Frustration, Guilt, Happiness, Indifference, Jealousy, Kindness, Love, Morbidity, Nervousness, Oppression, Peace, Remorse, Spite, Tranquility, Uncertainty, Vexation, and Yearning. For, surely, it would be easier to be numb, than to go through all of these and many, many more?

 To go through the long, unending cycles of good weeks, good months, and then bad days. 
Sure, they’re less frequent than they used to be. Sure, they’re few and far between. Sure, it’s only 24 to 48 hours.
 Sure, the medication quells the panic attacks and violent mood swings and poisonous thoughts. 
But that just makes them worse when they surface.
 Makes the paranoia worse. 
Makes the anxiety worse.
 Makes the self-abuse worse.
 Makes me worse. 

 On these days I remember, That you ran away from me because I’m broken ,
and you aren’t a handy man capable of fixing me.
 I can spend all of my time loving you, 
fixing you, singing to you, worshiping you, And in the end you cannot give these things back.
 You aren’t perfect. You aren’t chained to me. You didn’t even want to claim me. And after all, on these days, Everything is my fault anyways. 

Some days, 
 The days when I wake up, Begging to be locked in a sanitarium, Sobbing and biting and kicking and screaming, I’m reminded that you, And no one else, Will ever love me.
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Oct 1, 2013
Oct 1, 2013 at 11:45 AM UTC
Some Days
Some days, I wake up flighty and itchy. 
Crawling out of my skin and jumping at every last inhale and exhale. 
 Crying at every last brush of my fingers on my scars.
 Whimpering at having to be surrounded by a writhing mass of people.

 These are the days when I’m most reminded of you.
 Reminded of how you used to love me.
 Reminded of how you used to hold me.
 Reminded that you don’t care about me anymore.

 These are the days when I wish I could still talk to you.
 That you would still care about what I had to say. 
I would probably ask you to hand me a scalpel and some scissors and the rubbing alcohol,
 because I need to cut you and your scar tissue permanently away from my heart. 
 And even on these days I remember that you would have looked at me in anger and pity for saying such things (i.e. self-harm) 

But these are also the days when I want to cut all of my emotions out.
 Slice them away from my veins word by word.
 Watch apathetically as I bleed the letters out.
 All of these words and letters we have assigned to emotions, to try to describe the uncontrollable reactions we have in life.
 Anger, Betrayal, Compassion, Exhaustion, Frustration, Guilt, Happiness, Indifference, Jealousy, Kindness, Love, Morbidity, Nervousness, Oppression, Peace, Remorse, Spite, Tranquility, Uncertainty, Vexation, and Yearning. For, surely, it would be easier to be numb, than to go through all of these and many, many more?

 To go through the long, unending cycles of good weeks, good months, and then bad days. 
Sure, they’re less frequent than they used to be. Sure, they’re few and far between. Sure, it’s only 24 to 48 hours.
 Sure, the medication quells the panic attacks and violent mood swings and poisonous thoughts. 
But that just makes them worse when they surface.
 Makes the paranoia worse. 
Makes the anxiety worse.
 Makes the self-abuse worse.
 Makes me worse. 

 On these days I remember, That you ran away from me because I’m broken ,
and you aren’t a handy man capable of fixing me.
 I can spend all of my time loving you, 
fixing you, singing to you, worshiping you, And in the end you cannot give these things back.
 You aren’t perfect. You aren’t chained to me. You didn’t even want to claim me. And after all, on these days, Everything is my fault anyways. 

Some days, 
 The days when I wake up, Begging to be locked in a sanitarium, Sobbing and biting and kicking and screaming, I’m reminded that you, And no one else, Will ever love me.
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These thoughts and feelings flowing through me affecting every aspect of my being. My brain receives and processes the information and then reacts No thought is needed A highly functional automated algorithm abiding by the learned lessons of interaction and conditioning burnt into the once easily malleable network of neurons that defines my personality The heavy mask of logic and pride so tightly wrapped over the fabric of my true being keeping me in this game Yet I chose to play To identify with this silly and burdensome sobriquet To one day break free from the automated voice-mail that responds apathetically to the glorified archetypes, thought-forms, information that originates from God creator of signal and receiver thought and mind emotion and body Once the original signal is found a needle in a haystack the mystery is opened the opening of a book yet written A beginning to all beginnings An ending to all endings this is you, here, now. LIVE. BE.
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Sep 13, 2012
Sep 13, 2012 at 1:13 AM UTC
Human Programming
I just realized no one is listening. They never were . Why do i believe?   I know. I only need to realize. Or at least be true. This is all i have left. Nothing. **** you. For all your your wind wasted on hope. Did you realize there could become hurricanes? Do you even feel them now? As if. This is your creation. And you are the eye. Believe, in your twisted logic. Begin. But...can you Spell justification. As long as you're happy. Right? Could anything be more important. Can you say sacred? Could you even remember that word? Has anyone a grip! Or does this all slide so easily from your hands...Unwittingly or apathetically? You all die. Crumble into dust, right before my eyes. Blow you away... I thought you understood. I thought you would be more. You told me to have hope. You promised. It was all a lie. To you so white. Something thin enough to disappear. Or never have existed?! Do you say translucent? No....no. You never drew it to begin with. It was mine. But...I just do not understand. How? How could so much effort go into, a forgotten dream? Because I guess that's all I am. Forgotten. Was...if ever appeared. No, my mistake here. For defining myself in the part of you...that never was. I am nothing, and I have never existed. You all must be evil. I cannot conceive of an alternate. Why was it so important, for me to believe? You still insist, behind your empty eyes; you assure. That there is truth. And light. And hope and horizons. You cannot hear these words. Or they are just shapes in air. But then why speak? I think maybe you will come up dead. For ever and always. Never another. Here is one. Last. Thought. Before you devour. What is left. Whatever ever was, of this...me. This lie. Come to life. Why do zombies eat the brains? Do you think inside a corner of a fold, in a dark space, underneath many layers; they feel regret? Over what is, what they are. That maybe some microscopic flutter of muscle is conscious? Self aware. And realizes, *this should not be. This is wrong. Here lies everything I ever held dear.* Yes, they may want it undone. Unwound. Yet; how weak they all are; unable. So you just...give up? Accept death in a moment. And move on. Does that really excuse you? I am incapable.  Yes, stamp your clear with that. How easy. Nothing for more for you to do. Just **** Or shut it up. Lash out. Clear away any reminders. The idea that more could exist...is poison. Maybe...it is only a matter if will. I insist? So it becomes. Eat the brains. And no one will tell you otherwise.
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Oct 17, 2013
Oct 17, 2013 at 3:47 AM UTC
A Collection of Synonyms
I just realized no one is listening. They never were . Why do i believe?   I know. I only need to realize. Or at least be true. This is all i have left. Nothing. **** you. For all your your wind wasted on hope. Did you realize there could become hurricanes? Do you even feel them now? As if. This is your creation. And you are the eye. Believe, in your twisted logic. Begin. But...can you Spell justification. As long as you're happy. Right? Could anything be more important. Can you say sacred? Could you even remember that word? Has anyone a grip! Or does this all slide so easily from your hands...Unwittingly or apathetically? You all die. Crumble into dust, right before my eyes. Blow you away... I thought you understood. I thought you would be more. You told me to have hope. You promised. It was all a lie. To you so white. Something thin enough to disappear. Or never have existed?! Do you say translucent? No....no. You never drew it to begin with. It was mine. But...I just do not understand. How? How could so much effort go into, a forgotten dream? Because I guess that's all I am. Forgotten. Was...if ever appeared. No, my mistake here. For defining myself in the part of you...that never was. I am nothing, and I have never existed. You all must be evil. I cannot conceive of an alternate. Why was it so important, for me to believe? You still insist, behind your empty eyes; you assure. That there is truth. And light. And hope and horizons. You cannot hear these words. Or they are just shapes in air. But then why speak? I think maybe you will come up dead. For ever and always. Never another. Here is one. Last. Thought. Before you devour. What is left. Whatever ever was, of this...me. This lie. Come to life. Why do zombies eat the brains? Do you think inside a corner of a fold, in a dark space, underneath many layers; they feel regret? Over what is, what they are. That maybe some microscopic flutter of muscle is conscious? Self aware. And realizes, *this should not be. This is wrong. Here lies everything I ever held dear.* Yes, they may want it undone. Unwound. Yet; how weak they all are; unable. So you just...give up? Accept death in a moment. And move on. Does that really excuse you? I am incapable.  Yes, stamp your clear with that. How easy. Nothing for more for you to do. Just **** Or shut it up. Lash out. Clear away any reminders. The idea that more could exist...is poison. Maybe...it is only a matter if will. I insist? So it becomes. Eat the brains. And no one will tell you otherwise.
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Little sparrows show off their agility, dancing up and down violin necks. Pecking staccato notes out of the air. Making tea and dropping ceramics behaving clumsily and babbling nonsense even after they've been told sit down and be quiet. Imitation ducks sit squat, quiet, muddy, decoying singing water stains, spitting curses from their bills. Pulling bed sheets up to their chins, nesting between the covers. Very anonymous in their colours, not a deviation among them. Cold wax and dry glue flake off creases and folds. These lovely imitations, cuckoo plaster cast knuckles snowflaking to the ground, useless with fine motor skills. Peeling off like dead leaves, parasitic nest components. All my fingernails are different lengths, evolving finches’ beaks on isolated islands With scratches on the vinyl of my thumb, sand beneath my cuticles, scrapbooks between my fingerprints. Piano keys team up in groups of two, sharing sharps and flats. Filed and polished, pink budgies dispose of portfolios apathetically, slamming filing cabinets shut. Cuttle bones rattling, mirrors cracking. Irritable thighs complaining, they hunker with bad posture, frowning on their perch. Squat salient warbles clamoring sharply down corridors over whistling loudspeakers. Poster orioles elbow aside crowds, bright bones flashing neon signs keratin streaked or spotted for biological attention. Weaponry painted exciting colours, friendly hues and enthusiastic tints. Lies dressed in curiosity, attracting intrigue. My heron neck in the air searches for information, explanation, observation. Greedy for projections, living in the tree tops, reflected in shop windows, my skinny anisodactyl talons for walking on mud, wading through marsh, boggy water. My hands are geese jabbering back and forth across my chest. its very distracting to have these conversations going on between palms, arguing the best way to fold paper cranes, whether chocolate pudding should be stirred clockwise or counter. Take a gander at the world you don't touch because your fingers are too flightly
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May 15, 2013
May 15, 2013 at 3:50 AM UTC
Finger Fowl
Little sparrows show off their agility, dancing up and down violin necks. Pecking staccato notes out of the air. Making tea and dropping ceramics behaving clumsily and babbling nonsense even after they've been told sit down and be quiet. Imitation ducks sit squat, quiet, muddy, decoying singing water stains, spitting curses from their bills. Pulling bed sheets up to their chins, nesting between the covers. Very anonymous in their colours, not a deviation among them. Cold wax and dry glue flake off creases and folds. These lovely imitations, cuckoo plaster cast knuckles snowflaking to the ground, useless with fine motor skills. Peeling off like dead leaves, parasitic nest components. All my fingernails are different lengths, evolving finches’ beaks on isolated islands With scratches on the vinyl of my thumb, sand beneath my cuticles, scrapbooks between my fingerprints. Piano keys team up in groups of two, sharing sharps and flats. Filed and polished, pink budgies dispose of portfolios apathetically, slamming filing cabinets shut. Cuttle bones rattling, mirrors cracking. Irritable thighs complaining, they hunker with bad posture, frowning on their perch. Squat salient warbles clamoring sharply down corridors over whistling loudspeakers. Poster orioles elbow aside crowds, bright bones flashing neon signs keratin streaked or spotted for biological attention. Weaponry painted exciting colours, friendly hues and enthusiastic tints. Lies dressed in curiosity, attracting intrigue. My heron neck in the air searches for information, explanation, observation. Greedy for projections, living in the tree tops, reflected in shop windows, my skinny anisodactyl talons for walking on mud, wading through marsh, boggy water. My hands are geese jabbering back and forth across my chest. its very distracting to have these conversations going on between palms, arguing the best way to fold paper cranes, whether chocolate pudding should be stirred clockwise or counter. Take a gander at the world you don't touch because your fingers are too flightly
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A broken past molds us into what we call our present mask and all that lingers and basks, either feeding positive tasks or manifesting a present past (It makes no sense, don't ask) Attraction is distraction Unsolvable fractions Needing emotional extraction Mind dribble dance Lost in a trance, never had a chance So used to subliminally bursting Not used to someone witnessing me recoloring I curl inside I wish to hide I crave apathy I refuse apathy I boycott spoon-fed darkness But sometimes it swallows you whole I understand the anger of an earth angel I understand the haunting isolation when you realize you're the last of your kind When life meets despair, inhale that coastline air It's better to painfully breathe than apathetically impair ~ the calm after a heart wave crashes ~
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Sep 13, 2013
Sep 13, 2013 at 11:09 PM UTC
Random drips chaos in my phone
I’m psychosexual But somehow A hyper-intellectual It’s like a festival All up in my mind Fueled by love, lust, rage, maybe hate Lysergic acid Diethylamide Hopeless dreams and psilocybe I would entice you To look inside But I’d fear for your sanity It’s no place for the blind I once thought of ending it Closing the blinds On a cold winters eve In the dead of night The bottle in my hand I broke the glass No liquid came out I was drunk off my *** This was how I was Or perhaps how I am I question everyday If this was part of the plan Cuts all up my arm I’ve always said self-harm Was for the weak and twisted With their minds tangled like yarn But now I see truth I’m an agnostic All I need was proof I’m a concrete home with no roof I’m a writer, a brother A musician and a lover I’m a man and a boy An old soul that never knew joy She was momma’s little angel Starry eyed with her dreams Turned ********** ******* randoms for the fiend A hopeless romantic His heart sealed up hermetically He strung himself up when she spat out “You’re pathetic”, apathetically What a broken society It’s the norm to suffer It’s a personality flaw To give a **** about another This is why I’m insane You see why I’m a ******* ****** Always getting caught up screaming “I’m just trying to do the right thing, you know?” A semi-schizo voice I’m perpetually trying to shut up Showing compassion for others Only made me an altruistic ****** So now you see What happens when you read in-between These are my minds insides I hope they made you scream But I only brought you to the doorstep Would you dare to step in? All I can tell you is I never made it out There are true monsters within
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May 8, 2013
May 8, 2013 at 4:12 PM UTC
What Lies Within
I’m psychosexual But somehow A hyper-intellectual It’s like a festival All up in my mind Fueled by love, lust, rage, maybe hate Lysergic acid Diethylamide Hopeless dreams and psilocybe I would entice you To look inside But I’d fear for your sanity It’s no place for the blind I once thought of ending it Closing the blinds On a cold winters eve In the dead of night The bottle in my hand I broke the glass No liquid came out I was drunk off my *** This was how I was Or perhaps how I am I question everyday If this was part of the plan Cuts all up my arm I’ve always said self-harm Was for the weak and twisted With their minds tangled like yarn But now I see truth I’m an agnostic All I need was proof I’m a concrete home with no roof I’m a writer, a brother A musician and a lover I’m a man and a boy An old soul that never knew joy She was momma’s little angel Starry eyed with her dreams Turned ********** ******* randoms for the fiend A hopeless romantic His heart sealed up hermetically He strung himself up when she spat out “You’re pathetic”, apathetically What a broken society It’s the norm to suffer It’s a personality flaw To give a **** about another This is why I’m insane You see why I’m a ******* ****** Always getting caught up screaming “I’m just trying to do the right thing, you know?” A semi-schizo voice I’m perpetually trying to shut up Showing compassion for others Only made me an altruistic ****** So now you see What happens when you read in-between These are my minds insides I hope they made you scream But I only brought you to the doorstep Would you dare to step in? All I can tell you is I never made it out There are true monsters within
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After an accident, people always talk about how they are “lucky to be alive.” I’ve always felt the opposite. If I were lucky I would have been stuck down by some Godly force years ago, not missed death by mere inches. So I guess I’m praying for a new kind of miracle. A cancerous, twisted metal, kind of miracle. As much as it seems like I want to die, I’m not completely suicidal. I’ve just embraced the reality of death much too soon. And I’d rather be a free soul than trapped in some rib cage. There’s a difference between wanting to die and living apathetically. I’m impatiently awaiting my expiration date. As it inches closer and closer I begin to lose my grip on my surroundings. I’m starting to worry that one day I’ll wake up and life will be indistinguishable from the dreams in which I fly. Fearing I may vault from the rooftops, only to come hurling downward. To become nothing more than another statistic. I wake up and face the harsh reality that I am still living in a world without purpose and it hurts. It ******* hurts. I’m so tired of merely existing. If I can’t live to the fullest, give me death.
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Aug 18, 2018
Aug 18, 2018 at 1:16 AM UTC
I’m Sorry
Not too long ago but the wisdom still alluded me And not be Frank, I was never one for the Ocean and sand. So the salt in my lungs, your gaze into my eyes was new to me. Scared but not enough to tell you, I took your hand. (The waves felt good on my coarse skin.) No TVs there, it was Remote. The locals wagered on a pair of dice. Coladas with two cubes a pair of ice. I was living in, and you are my Paradise. Everything I wanted and more, but still not willing to sacrifice (I rebel, I rebel) All that was asked was reciprocation. She said” Boy just say my name, that’s all I want” “ Show me joules. Life, Love, and Dedication.” Told her “ stop trippin” She said ”why you front?” (Time Passed) All that was asked was reciprocation. But society’s serpent wouldn’t let me. ( Boys aren’t supposed to feel) Eve’s whisper led me to condemnation. ( No room for my pride) Wiped the Salt water from my eyes “Just don’t forget me.” ( she apathetically pointed at the door) The rain fell … I’ll never forget raindrops I felt, that night I plead with you Same raindrops I felt that first night that I kissed you. And I cannot lie and say that I don’t miss you. …That I don’t miss my paradise. But – sometimes stories don’t end the way you want’m to right? (Lost Happiness, Lingering Pain) I miss you Right hand to god, Left hand holding the remains of my heart.
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Feb 15, 2016
Feb 15, 2016 at 4:43 PM UTC
Stranded in Eden
You understand what suits you, Choosing from tailors present or past, Preferring not the uniform. Whose robes to **** this trip? Adding their layers to the shadow below. Fashion a style, accordingly- Another fearless, determined Oxford man In a pink suit. Style a fashion, apathetically- A filthy, disheveled codger, trudging From one unmanageable apartment to another, Writing music in his mind, never hearing it, Changing the world forever. Or, Owning only a pair of each- Black shoes, tights, and tops, And seventeen brightly colored scarves, Wear your heart on your sleeve. The most priceless accessory for spending Retirement in Somalia with the children. Being choosy in dress and shadows, Remember seasons None too original, Choose fear or love. Suit yourself.
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Sep 2, 2013
Sep 2, 2013 at 11:49 PM UTC
You understand what suits you
There is something about your fleeting fingertips and the way your mouth curls resembling how i curl myself around you and your hands that Are full of doubt and apathetically ****** dreams There's something about the way Your smile makes me feel And the way you hold your cigarettes to your lips that reminds me of how you sometimes hold     me.
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Aug 29, 2015
Aug 29, 2015 at 4:24 PM UTC
entrapped and drown beneath the watery bane
Elevated position strategically sitting following a script she says apathetically three words An audience a witness Differently they speak a language of friendliness and graciousness Lying on the innocent she spreads confusion and doubt Around the corner a ray of goodness manifests She averts her head the mirror to a heart in crystal white and guilty is the Satan in her eyes
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Feb 6, 2019
Feb 6, 2019 at 10:55 PM UTC
Her Eyes Shine The Devil
tv shows on mute, mouths moving but making no assertions. a silence that doesn’t satisfy slipping over the air like margarine. loneliness in stillness The feeling before you cry but no tears are produced, like a dial tone with no intention of an outgoing call. serenity’s evil twin, a vibrant color muted with white. no longer deep or dark, just with the volume turned down, apathetically pastel.
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Mar 20, 2021
Mar 20, 2021 at 6:05 PM UTC
Mute
My insides are on fire For two reasons I'm trying so hard to hold back the words I love you But they keep coming back up So I wash them back down with liquor and bleach It eats my gut feeling that I should try again Nothing helps anymore I watch myself bleed apathetically I tear an opening in my skin And invite you back inside my heart Instead you fight your way out Destroying every wall I put up I'm broken without you Why can't you see that? Why did I have to lose you? I feel the second burn As I swallow my pride And a handful of pills I write your name on every wall So there is no question as to who has killed me
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Aug 2, 2015
Aug 2, 2015 at 9:59 PM UTC
Burns
Disinterested time ticks apathetically in the negativity of silence. Cocooned inside rooms on elongated days without vanity or aspirations. Momentary moods meander between boredom and the futility of hoping for anything other than storms and anonymity in the darkness.
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Feb 17, 2015
Feb 17, 2015 at 9:11 PM UTC
The Emptiness of Entropy
I can see the pain breaking through his porcelain shell and billowing out of his lips. Now he's lying with his back against the cold tile floor & his arms wrapped around his stomach just to soothe the empty void growing beneath his skin. I breathe his name in my sleep. I dream about him behind the steering wheel, the reflection of his shoulders unfolding in the rear view. We exhale a layer of smoke into the lifeless air that hangs over my bed. I can feel my lungs giving in & leaning tiredly against my rib cage. He does the same & it makes my entire body ache. Have you ever thought about how much you missed someone while lying in their arms? The vacancy in his voice shatters the flood gates behind my eyes. I'm crushed by the blankness of his stare. I remember watching his face morph into a playground when he was laughing out loud, but no pill can resurrect that expression now. All that's left are twisted veins, and worn out organs floating in a sea of champagne. I rest here, waiting for the day they sink & he gets dragged away. I spent 18 years as a calendar hung between a set of revolving doors, apathetically watching people come and go with every season that changed beneath my feet but he unhooked me from that place and whispered life into my ear every night. Now I'm looking at his shaking hands, a light shade of blue & every inch of me is weakened by the knowledge that it's his turn to walk back through.
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Apr 1, 2013
Apr 1, 2013 at 12:04 AM UTC
Inevitable Detritus
Because you have to be; What problems do you have anyway? You're doing just fine, you know No one wants to hear you complain. You're doing just fine; You're rotting more every day. You're doing just fine, No one cares what you have to say. You're doing just fine; There are people who have it worse. You're doing just fine, As long as you're outside of a hearse. You're doing just fine; You're brain is clawing it's way to your heart. You're doing just fine, As long as no one sees it rip you apart. You're doing just fine; You're not in pain, you've no problems. You're doing just fine, You're terrifyingly, apathetically numb. You're doing just fine; You'll last another day, another year. You're doing just fine, Just the same as every one else here.
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Jun 28, 2015
Jun 28, 2015 at 10:28 PM UTC
You're Doing Just Fine.
One day I am walking, walking past a stone I see a painted pattern undiscerned. A marbled sort of mess, in shades of grey and brown, the mass before me wears a cloak unlearned. And to pass it by I am so apathetically inclined… But upon closer inspection, I am surprised to find a stone more tightly packed than first imagined. The large and solid mass, from distance looking pure Brought to light is seen to be deception. The pattern I first saw, of messy marbled streaks reveals to be of more compound complexion. I feel the want to approach it closer… When I with curious eyes delight to look more closely I can see the tiny bits of rock and bone, sand and shining mica, and shards of shell infused bits and pieces all combined to solid form. I recall the recent past, when only grey had cloaked this rock, A spot that from a distance yawned a monochrome, And I see this spot is parcel of a hundred tiny pieces– An unapparent universe in stone. I am now a nose’s length from this sight superior... The closer that I draw to this planetary exterior The I more I see each particle discrete. I think that if I took a hammer, and blasted it apart Each sediment could be a stone complete. If I am solid body, what is to say That I could not be so composite underneath? I could be a thousand microchosms, from the inside out; My solid form is only the relief. And yet that I would find companion in this ordinary stone Is destiny of day quite unforeseen Discovered by surprise, while in this boredom’s hefty hour, Retracing over simple path routine. But more surprising still, while I’m comparing flesh to earth, I can’t decide if it more likely seems seems That stones resemble bodies, pieces making up a whole, Or if bodies help us view the Earth extreme. I think I may be too up close to see. I am walking past this stone to let it be.
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Sep 29, 2013
Sep 29, 2013 at 6:21 AM UTC
Walking Past A Stone
One day I am walking, walking past a stone I see a painted pattern undiscerned. A marbled sort of mess, in shades of grey and brown, the mass before me wears a cloak unlearned. And to pass it by I am so apathetically inclined… But upon closer inspection, I am surprised to find a stone more tightly packed than first imagined. The large and solid mass, from distance looking pure Brought to light is seen to be deception. The pattern I first saw, of messy marbled streaks reveals to be of more compound complexion. I feel the want to approach it closer… When I with curious eyes delight to look more closely I can see the tiny bits of rock and bone, sand and shining mica, and shards of shell infused bits and pieces all combined to solid form. I recall the recent past, when only grey had cloaked this rock, A spot that from a distance yawned a monochrome, And I see this spot is parcel of a hundred tiny pieces– An unapparent universe in stone. I am now a nose’s length from this sight superior... The closer that I draw to this planetary exterior The I more I see each particle discrete. I think that if I took a hammer, and blasted it apart Each sediment could be a stone complete. If I am solid body, what is to say That I could not be so composite underneath? I could be a thousand microchosms, from the inside out; My solid form is only the relief. And yet that I would find companion in this ordinary stone Is destiny of day quite unforeseen Discovered by surprise, while in this boredom’s hefty hour, Retracing over simple path routine. But more surprising still, while I’m comparing flesh to earth, I can’t decide if it more likely seems seems That stones resemble bodies, pieces making up a whole, Or if bodies help us view the Earth extreme. I think I may be too up close to see. I am walking past this stone to let it be.
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and through the pane of glass, beyond this musky scent developed from my living secretions of skin and blood and ***** is the pinnacle of a human condition lacking in my placid genes. rusted fingers on clone-like machines, screens, that scream into the ears of jaded men. A new day! it rings out through my entire street, but they all drudge through grey hallways, for cheap coffee and soggy flakes of flavourless cereal. curtains closed to the sun. the lines on their faces, corrugated to match the lines on their garage doors. and with a well-worn-in suit their car door and shed door open simultaneously. "no time to breathe in the spring air filling their diesel-filled shed" I thought. And with the roaring of the engine, and the car-port opening wider and wider to the world, the rusted husks of decaying metal recoiled into their greater-shells with dissonant creaks. and it was then I noticed this scraping of steel had become an orchestra, or a dreary opera, so apathetically choreographed for all the sagged faces and fatigued hearts in the entire drone-army of identical town-houses. all around me, like bees burdened with their bodies worth of pollen, one by one, their diesel-pods and people movers left their hives. and one by one the rusted-razor blade howling of garage doors ceased, and the engines had pursued the black tar-road off further into the distance. and though the sun shined with such benevolence, one by one, each car's sun-roof closed, shades pulled down, blinded willingly to the light.
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Nov 21, 2013
Nov 21, 2013 at 7:02 PM UTC
window observations
and through the pane of glass, beyond this musky scent developed from my living secretions of skin and blood and ***** is the pinnacle of a human condition lacking in my placid genes. rusted fingers on clone-like machines, screens, that scream into the ears of jaded men. A new day! it rings out through my entire street, but they all drudge through grey hallways, for cheap coffee and soggy flakes of flavourless cereal. curtains closed to the sun. the lines on their faces, corrugated to match the lines on their garage doors. and with a well-worn-in suit their car door and shed door open simultaneously. "no time to breathe in the spring air filling their diesel-filled shed" I thought. And with the roaring of the engine, and the car-port opening wider and wider to the world, the rusted husks of decaying metal recoiled into their greater-shells with dissonant creaks. and it was then I noticed this scraping of steel had become an orchestra, or a dreary opera, so apathetically choreographed for all the sagged faces and fatigued hearts in the entire drone-army of identical town-houses. all around me, like bees burdened with their bodies worth of pollen, one by one, their diesel-pods and people movers left their hives. and one by one the rusted-razor blade howling of garage doors ceased, and the engines had pursued the black tar-road off further into the distance. and though the sun shined with such benevolence, one by one, each car's sun-roof closed, shades pulled down, blinded willingly to the light.
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The Cheshire moon smiles down on me tonight. I’m completely out of synch with this cycle, once again in the trough of the ever oscillating wavelength of life, of emotion, of shifting energies, of morphing shadows casted upon by the apathetic celestial bodies who glide along through the heavens with such certainty, such staunch punctuality as to give hope where there is none, to know the sun will rise, to know with certainty, with utmost faith that the moon will fall, that the biting cold in the still night will turn into golden rays of illumination and warmth in a mere few hours, a transformation that if somehow seen for the first time, would constitute as a miracle. Apathetically they trudge along in their formations repeating their cosmic dances into eternity, the hands of the clock, casting shadows which decree time as we know it; we kneel before the laws set forth, faithful and non believer, criminal and saint, man and women, there is no question of fealty, for all subscribe to the church of time, the tracking of shadows, the calendar of Gregory. The shadows smile at me tonight, but I don’t smile back.
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Mar 9, 2016
Mar 9, 2016 at 4:19 PM UTC
Dei horologium
My heart flat-lined yesterday At approximately 5:28 in the afternoon The time doesn’t really matter Nor, I suppose Does the fact that I flat-lined yesterday (For; I’m still alive, though not living) But I thought it was an interesting fact And wondered if you, too, would be interested in knowing That I hit ground-level apathy For everything And for reasons beyond my control Before you go thinking I’m depressed over you Or over something you did Be assured that my heart flat-lined for reasons beyond anyone’s control Except my own But it had to be done, I suppose In order to feel again The funny thing is knowing That I could curl up on my bed and eat my favorite things While reading the letter you wrote to me a few years ago And fall in love with you again With the wonderful twists my stomach makes When you look at me a certain way Or when I think of your lips meeting mine But the thing that scares me the most to think about Is that perhaps it wouldn’t be me falling in love with you again If I have to eat my favorite things to be feel a certain way The thing about today is that I know God is up there somewhere But I can’t find it in me to care I’m neither sinning nor making good Not being tempted, not being persuaded I simply exist With no plans or future or decisions to make I suppose my struggle with my favorite foods is the one exception to what I’ve described See, I know that God is up there somewhere But today it’s that I just cannot force myself to care There’s a wall between He and I somewhere in the lining of my stomach (And though I never meant for it to be there) It keeps Him from touching my soul 18 years of bad habits built up in my arteries Clogging my heart from anything but apathy But somewhere I found it in me to cry yesterday As it flat-lined at 5:28 God made me human With all these emotions That I have a natural right to feel (I know now Why our Mother ate that which was forbidden) So this apathy Is a test trial of us And though I still love you Today I don’t feel for you Or for anything Until tomorrow (I hope)
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Jan 29, 2013
Jan 29, 2013 at 11:50 PM UTC
Apathetically:
My heart flat-lined yesterday At approximately 5:28 in the afternoon The time doesn’t really matter Nor, I suppose Does the fact that I flat-lined yesterday (For; I’m still alive, though not living) But I thought it was an interesting fact And wondered if you, too, would be interested in knowing That I hit ground-level apathy For everything And for reasons beyond my control Before you go thinking I’m depressed over you Or over something you did Be assured that my heart flat-lined for reasons beyond anyone’s control Except my own But it had to be done, I suppose In order to feel again The funny thing is knowing That I could curl up on my bed and eat my favorite things While reading the letter you wrote to me a few years ago And fall in love with you again With the wonderful twists my stomach makes When you look at me a certain way Or when I think of your lips meeting mine But the thing that scares me the most to think about Is that perhaps it wouldn’t be me falling in love with you again If I have to eat my favorite things to be feel a certain way The thing about today is that I know God is up there somewhere But I can’t find it in me to care I’m neither sinning nor making good Not being tempted, not being persuaded I simply exist With no plans or future or decisions to make I suppose my struggle with my favorite foods is the one exception to what I’ve described See, I know that God is up there somewhere But today it’s that I just cannot force myself to care There’s a wall between He and I somewhere in the lining of my stomach (And though I never meant for it to be there) It keeps Him from touching my soul 18 years of bad habits built up in my arteries Clogging my heart from anything but apathy But somewhere I found it in me to cry yesterday As it flat-lined at 5:28 God made me human With all these emotions That I have a natural right to feel (I know now Why our Mother ate that which was forbidden) So this apathy Is a test trial of us And though I still love you Today I don’t feel for you Or for anything Until tomorrow (I hope)
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